Transport vehicle for piece goods

Abstract

A transport vehicle for piece goods includes a loading platform, a front end wall or a rear end wall or both a front end wall and rear end wall, and at least one side wall. The side wall is movable by an opening device in such a manner that the side wall is first displaceable in the vertical direction of the transport vehicle and is then pivotable about an axis oriented in the longitudinal direction of the transport vehicle.

The invention claimed is: 
     
       1. Transport vehicle for piece goods having a loading platform, a front end wall or a rear end wall or both a front end wall and a rear end wall, and at least one side wall,
 characterised in that the at least one side wall is movable by means of an opening device in such a manner that the at least one side wall is first displaceable in the vertical direction of the transport vehicle and is then pivotable about an axis oriented in the longitudinal direction of the transport vehicle. 
 
     
     
       2. Transport vehicle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the at least one side wall is displaceable in the vertical direction by means of a first opening device and is pivotable by means of a second opening device. 
     
     
       3. Transport vehicle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the at least one side wall is displaceable purely translationally in at least one movement section. 
     
     
       4. Transport vehicle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the at least one side wall has a vertical orientation in a closed position delimiting the loading platform. 
     
     
       5. Transport vehicle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the at least one side wall, when displaced in the vertical direction, is also moved in the transverse direction of the transport vehicle. 
     
     
       6. Transport vehicle according to  claim 1 , characterised in that the at least one side wall is pivotable into a horizontal orientation. 
     
     
       7. Transport vehicle according to  claim 1 , characterised by a carrier structure which is connected to the front end wall or to the rear end wall or to both the front end wall and the rear end wall, and to which there is fixed in a rotatable manner a carrier arm for the at least one side wall, the carrier arm being connected in a rotatable manner to the at least one side wall. 
     
     
       8. Transport vehicle according to  claim 7 , characterised in that the carrier structure extends upwards beyond the front end wall or the rear end wall or both the front end wall and the rear end wall. 
     
     
       9. Transport vehicle according to  claim 7 , characterised in that the carrier structure is connected to the front end wall or to the rear end wall or to both the front end wall and the rear end wall centrally in the transverse direction of the transport vehicle. 
     
     
       10. Transport vehicle according to  claim 2  further comprising a carrier structure which is connected to the front end wall or to the rear end wall or to both the front end wall and the rear end wall, and to which there is fixed in a rotatable manner a carrier arm for the at least one side wall, the carrier arm being connected in a rotatable manner to the at least one side wall, and further characterised in that the first opening device is supported between the carrier structure and the carrier arm. 
     
     
       11. Transport vehicle according to  claim 2  further comprising a carrier structure which is connected to the front end wall or to the rear end wall or to both the front end wall and the rear end wall, and to which there is fixed in a rotatable manner a carrier arm for the at least one side wall, the carrier arm being connected in a rotatable manner to the at least one side wall, and further characterised in that the second opening device is supported between the carrier structure and the at least one side wall. 
     
     
       12. Transport vehicle according to  claim 11 , characterised in that the second opening device is fixed in a rotatable manner to the carrier structure and to the at least one side wall, and the distances between the axes of rotation of the rotatable fixings of the carrier arm and of the second opening device to the carrier structure on the one hand and to the at least one side wall on the other hand are equal.